surcharge

surcharge

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sur‧charge¹ /ˈsɜːtʃɑːdʒ $ ˈsɜːrtʃɑːrdʒ/ noun [countable]money that you have to pay in addition to the basic price of something
    surcharge on
    a 10% surcharge on airline tickets
     

THESAURUS

   ▪ tax money that you must pay to the government, especially from the money you earn, or as an additional payment when you buy something: How much income tax do you pay each month? | The Republicans promised to reduce taxes before the last election. | Consumers are angry that the tax on petrol has gone up yet again.
   ▪ duty a tax you pay on something you buy: The budget also sharply raised the duty on alcohol and tobacco. | customs duty (=tax you pay on goods you buy and bring into the country)
   ▪ tariff a tax on goods coming into a country or going out of a country, especially to protect a country’s industry from cheap goods from other countries: the import tariffs on hi-tech equipment | The government’s tariff and trade policies came under fierce attack.
   ▪ levy an extra amount of money that you have to pay the government, usually as a tax, often in order to encourage people not to use or do something: A new levy on fuel inefficient vehicles has been proposed.
   ▪ surcharge an amount of money that you have to pay in addition to the agreed or stated price of something: British Airways will increase its fuel surcharge on all airline tickets from June 3. | When you get cash at some machines, you have to pay an ATM surcharge.

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surcharge² verb [transitive]
to make someone pay an additional amount of money